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ArticleIndian journal of surgical oncology2021

Small Bowel PCI Score as a Prognostic Factor of Ovarian Cancer Patients Undergoing Cytoreductive Surgery (CRS) with Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC), a Retrospective Analysis of 130 Patients.

Christos Iavazzo, Alexandros Fotiou, Victoria Psomiadou, Sofia Lekka, Dimitrios Katsanos, John Spiliotis

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Article in Indian journal of surgical oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Christos IavazzoDepartment of Gynecological Oncology, Metaxa Cancer Hospital, 51, Botasi Str., Piraeus, Greece.
Alexandros FotiouDepartment of Gynecological Oncology, Metaxa Cancer Hospital, 51, Botasi Str., Piraeus, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-2428-3992
Victoria PsomiadouDepartment of Gynecological Oncology, Metaxa Cancer Hospital, 51, Botasi Str., Piraeus, Greece.
Sofia LekkaDepartment of Gynecological Oncology, Metaxa Cancer Hospital, 51, Botasi Str., Piraeus, Greece.
Dimitrios KatsanosPlastic Surgery Department, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK.
John SpiliotisDepartment of Surgical Oncology and HIPEC, Athens Medical Centre, Athens, Greece.
Metaxa Hospital · GRAthens Medical Center · GRSouthmead Hospital · GB

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Abstract

Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death among gynecologic malignancies. Combining cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) can benefit patients with advanced ovarian cancer. We evaluate the role of small bowel peritoneal cancer index (sb-PCI) score as a prognostic factor. We retrospectively analyzed characteristics and clinical outcomes of patients that underwent intermediate cytoreductive surgery combined with HIPEC after neoadjuvant chemotherapy and patient's characteristics underwent debulking surgery plus HIPEC for recurrence disease. One hundred thirty patients were included. Eighty-five of them (65.4%) were treated for recurrent ovarian cancer, while 45 (34.6%) underwent intermediate cytoreductive surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy with a mean age of 52 years. Mean intraoperative peritoneal cancer index (PCI) was 11.84 with a mean sb-PCI score of 5.57. Univariate analysis revealed that PCI, sb-PCI, and completeness of cytoreduction (CC) were parameters that correlated significantly with overall survival, while after multivariate analysis sb-PCI and CC were identified as independent prognostic factors of survival. A statistically significant correlation between sb-PCI score and overall survival of patients with advanced ovarian cancer was revealed. Further larger future studies are required to confirm our conclusion in order to change the treatment of advanced ovarian cancer patients.

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Cytoreductive surgeryHyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC)Ovarian cancerOverall survivalPeritoneal cancer index (PCI)Small bowel peritoneal cancer index (sb-PCI)

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PMID34295068
PMCPMC8272783
OpenAlexW3134575656

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